MANAGER Ashley Vincent dismissed a question about his Worcester City future as “crazy” and insisted he was “big enough” to take their poor run of form “on the chin”.

Fourteenth-placed City are without a win in the Midland Football League Premier Division since defeating Selston 4-1 on September 8.

And Worcester were knocked out of the Worcestershire FA Senior Cup by lower-ranked Malvern Town on Monday night with their neighbours down to 10 men for 23 minutes and forced to put an outfield player in goal for the entire second half.

But Vincent’s side have progressed to the second round of the FA Vase as they take on Dunkirk at the Victoria Ground on Saturday (3pm).

However, frustration is growing among supporters with some calling for Vincent, who stepped up to replace John Snape in the summer, to be axed.

Asked whether he was confident about his position moving forward, Vincent said: “It’s a crazy question you are asking me.

“It’s one of those that you just dig in as a reporter and I get that. That’s fine.

“I am not going to answer that.

“From my point of view I brought the players in and I work with them.

“Yes, ultimately I will take results and performances. I am always going to be at the forefront of that.

“I don’t mind that. I am big enough to take that on the chin.

“From upstairs what they see is a very talented bunch of young footballers.

“Now they have to take that talent to work and they didn’t do that on Monday night.”

Vincent made a host of changes for their meeting with Malvern and was disappointed with the performances of his fringe players.

“It was a different side,” Vincent said.

“I left a few players out and they were for different reasons.

“The boys that were on the fringes have been knocking on my door and wanting to play.

“But they don’t have a leg to stand on after a performance like that.”

Asked whether he would look to bring some new faces into the squad, Vincent said: “That’s not the way the club want to do it.

“They don’t want a big turnover of players here, there and everywhere.

“Previously that has happened and has not been well received.

“It’s a case of those players getting down to hard work and getting back to the basics.

“Football is 11 v 11 so you have to manfully win your one v one battles and we didn’t do that.

“It was an opportunity for the fringe players and some of the young players to get a game because they had been knocking on my door wanting to play.

“Then they came out and performed like that so I think they will be as disappointed as I am.”